# adhain
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* adhaintigh

### Etymology

From Old Irish ad·annai (“kindles, lights; stirs up, incites; sets going, begins”).

### Verb

adhain (present analytic adhnann, future analytic adhanfaidh, verbal noun adhaint, past participle adhainte)
* (transitive, intransitive) kindle
* (transitive, intransitive) inflame
* (transitive, intransitive, of an internal combustion engine) ignite
* (~ ar) grate on

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | adhnaim | adhnann tú; adhnair$^†$ | adhnann sé, sí | adhnaimid | adhnann sibh | adhnann siad; adhnaid$^†$ | a adhnann; a adhnas / a n-adhnann* | adhaintear |
| indicative | past | d'adhain mé; d'adhnas / adhain mé‡; adhnas‡ | d'adhain tú; d'adhnais / adhain tú‡; adhnais‡ | d'adhain sé, sí / adhain sé, sí‡ | d'adhnamar; d'adhain muid / adhnamar‡; adhain muid‡ | d'adhain sibh; d'adhnabhair / adhain sibh‡; adhnabhair‡ | d'adhain siad; d'adhnadar / adhain siad; adhnadar‡ | a d'adhain / ar adhain* | adhnadh; hadhnadh$^†$ |
| indicative | past habitual | d'adhnainn / adhnainn‡; n-adhnainn‡‡ | d'adhainteá / adhainteá‡; n-adhainteá‡‡ | d'adhnadh sé, sí / adhnadh sé, sí‡; n-adhnadh sé, sí‡‡ | d'adhnaimis; d'adhnadh muid / adhnaimis‡; adhnadh muid‡; n-adhnaimis‡‡; n-adhnadh muid‡‡ | d'adhnadh sibh / adhnadh sibh‡; n-adhnadh sibh‡‡ | d'adhnaidís; d'adhnadh siad / adhnaidís‡; adhnadh siad‡; n-adhnaidís‡‡; n-adhnadh siad‡‡ | a d'adhnadh / a n-adhnadh* | d'adhaintí / adhaintí‡; n-adhaintí‡‡ |
| future | future | adhanfaidh mé; adhanfad | adhanfaidh tú; adhanfair$^†$ | adhanfaidh sé, sí | adhanfaimid; adhanfaidh muid | adhanfaidh sibh | adhanfaidh siad; adhanfaid$^†$ | a adhanfaidh; a adhanfas / a n-adhanfaidh* | adhanfar |
| conditional | conditional | d'adhanfainn / adhanfainn‡; n-adhanfainn‡‡ | d'adhanfá / adhanfá‡; n-adhanfá‡‡ | d'adhanfadh sé, sí / adhanfadh sé, sí‡; n-adhanfadh sé, sí‡‡ | d'adhanfaimis; d'adhanfadh muid / adhanfaimis‡; adhanfadh muid‡; n-adhanfaimis‡‡; n-adhanfadh muid‡‡ | d'adhanfadh sibh / adhanfadh sibh‡; n-adhanfadh sibh‡‡ | d'adhanfaidís; d'adhanfadh siad / adhanfaidís‡; adhanfadh siad‡; n-adhanfaidís‡‡; n-adhanfadh siad‡‡ | a d'adhanfadh / a n-adhanfadh* | d'adhanfaí / adhanfaí‡; n-adhanfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go n-adhna mé; go n-adhnad$^†$ | go n-adhna tú; go n-adhnair$^†$ | go n-adhna sé, sí | go n-adhnaimid; go n-adhna muid | go n-adhna sibh | go n-adhna siad; go n-adhnaid$^†$ | — | go n-adhaintear |
| subjunctive | past | dá n-adhnainn | dá n-adhainteá | dá n-adhnadh sé, sí | dá n-adhnaimis; dá n-adhnadh muid | dá n-adhnadh sibh | dá n-adhnaidís; dá n-adhnadh siad | — | dá n-adhaintí |
| imperative | imperative | adhnaim | adhain | adhnadh sé, sí | adhnaimis | adhnaigí; adhnaidh$^†$ | adhnaidís | — | adhaintear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | adhaint | adhaint | adhaint | adhaint | adhaint | adhaint | adhaint | adhaint |
| past participle | past participle | adhainte | adhainte | adhainte | adhainte | adhainte | adhainte | adhainte | adhainte |
*indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡ dependent form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

#### Derived terms

* adhainteoir m (“igniter”)
* adhantach (“igneous, inflammable”, adjective)
* adhantaí m (“fire-lighter”)
* athadhain (“rekindle”, transitive verb)
* inadhainte (“ignitable”, adjective)
* ola-adhainte (“oil-fired”, adjective)
* so-adhainte (“ignitable, inflammable”, adjective)

### Noun

adhain f (genitive singular adhaine)
* Alternative form of adhaint

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ad·annai”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* “adhain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025